Books : The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
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by: Stephen King
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781880418390
Format: Import
ISBN: 1880418398
Label: Donald M. Grant
Manufacturer: Donald M. Grant
Number Of Pages: 399
Publication Date: 1998
Publisher: Donald M. Grant
Sales Rank: 7130742
Studio: Donald M. Grant
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Gargantuan improvement over the first one
Well, I really expected these books to improve as they went along, but I didn't expect such a vast improvement so quickly! Basically, King immediately gets it going with everything the story needed: Roland gets a handicap; other, more fully developed and motivationally complicated characters are introduced; there's some more action this time with a stronger sense of danger; and he really develops the world more. Of course, I'm a little disappointed by how much it involves "the real world" or "our ... Read More
Rating:  - Where The Dark Tower Series Really Takes Off
After being disappointed by the first Dark Tower book, "The Gunslinger", I was hopeful that the second installment would entertain me to a much higher tree. Jackpot!
Whereas "Gunslinger" had a little too much storytelling and a little too little explanation, "The Drawing of the Three" takes a bit of a step back to help explain exactly what type of world Roland is living in.
For a quick summary of the text (without spoiling anything!), Roland finds out that doors exist between ... Read More
Rating: - Best book in a great series
This is a great book. It's one of my favorite series, because it is epic fantasy told by a master of supernatural horror whose strongest talent as a writer is his ability to depict realism, particularly realistic people and human interaction -- that's a good combination. Stephen King's books feel real, which is why his monsters and things are so very creepy, because they seem like they're actually happening -- and his other great talent is in picking monsters and evil events that, if they were to actually ... Read More
Rating: - "Drawing" Me In
I read this directly after The Gunslinger. This book was very imaginative and actually not what I was expecting but I did really enjoy it. I kept wanting more because I couldn't predict what was going to happen next, which was really refreshing since that hasn't happened to me in a while. A lot of this book is set up for character development and sort of drawn out in places. The new characters are very interesting and should be fun to watch progress through the series. I was caught off guard, but also liked ... Read More
Rating: - THE DRAWING OF THE THREE by Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three is the second novel in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It picks up right where The Gunslinger ended, and chronicles Roland's efforts to "draw" three people from Earth, from various times in the twentieth century: a drug addict, a legless schizophrenic, and a serial killer. The reader is not told nor do any of the characters know why exactly any of this is taking place.
King is back to his usual style here: well-developed characters, a focus on minute details of personality, ... Read More
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